Zack de la Rocha's Quotes

One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.

Your anger is a gift.

I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.

Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law.

There are many Sheriff Arpaios. People who have taken to local city, county, and state governments across the county the idea that immigrants are the problem. That immigrants are to blame.

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?

I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic 'No.'

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?